#4A9DBF#4A9DBF

#4A9DBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.095 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DBF
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -14.94, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 29.21, 239.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0637 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.095 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2813, 29.3290, 53.6615)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DBF #BF6C4A

analogous

#4ABFA7 #4A9DBF #4A63BF

triadic

#4A9DBF #BF4A9D #9DBF4A

tetradic

#4A9DBF #A74ABF #BF6C4A #63BF4A

square

#4A9DBF #A74ABF #BF6C4A #63BF4A

split-complementary

#4A9DBF #BF4A63 #BFA74A

monochromatic

#255669 #357A97 #4A9DBF #77B5CF #A4CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4A9DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#4A9DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DBF

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DBF	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.095 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad2',
    500: '#4a9dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dbf;
$custom-light: #87bad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.436,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65822,
    "c": 0.09467,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DBF

secondary

#CCA899

accent

#7850D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DBF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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